The Latest Breaking News from Affirmative Action

For decades, the admissions policies of many prestigious US universities have been deliberately skewed to increase the number of black students. And with very good reason, said Jerome Karabel in The New York Times.

Even a broken clock is right twice a day, as the saying goes. The same lopsidedly right-wing Supreme Court that since June 2022 has overturned longtime precedents to eliminate a federal abortion right, gun controls, clean water safeguards and now affirmative action has also, surprisingly, ruled twice lately to bolster…

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"It is really hard to reconcile these decisions with one another in terms of an overarching theory of law"

Landmark decision ends decades of debate, impacting affirmative action policies and minority applicants

The majority and dissent state the quiet part out loud: affirmative action was never about the educational benefits from diversity.

Analysts say trust in the US’s highest court is wavering as a conservative supermajority reshapes constitutional law.

There is no way around this: The Supreme Court's split decision overturning affirmative action in college admissions is a perfect example of how racial diversity enriches us, and why it should be enshrined as a goal in our laws.

The practice of giving priority to the children of alumni has faced growing pushback in the wake of last week's Supreme Court's decision ending affirmative action in higher education.